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Title: Current situation about the OS-tans
Post by: H0RIZ0N on April 21, 2005, 03:34:27 PM
 The OS-tan heat has gon kinda dull recently compared to last year....(atleast i feel it)
is there any solution to boost it up again?
Title: Current situation about the OS-tans
Post by: FabianN on April 22, 2005, 06:28:24 PM
 Yea, I know what you mean... it is really slowing down...

Really, as for solutions go, I don't have much...

But maybe some of the projects I am going to be working on may help...
Title: Current situation about the OS-tans
Post by: Koshi on April 24, 2005, 12:10:18 AM
 Well, I'm comparitively new to the OS-tan phenomenon, since I just discovered them in January, and recently re-applied myself to the dedication of the girls.

So I wouldn't be one to be able to spot a trend like that, but if you ask me this site is a nice step towards appreciation and future adoration of the OS-tans.

((I though I had more to say on the subject, I suppose not, for the moment o__o))
Title: Current situation about the OS-tans
Post by: FabianN on April 24, 2005, 12:25:26 AM
 hehe, thx.

And yea, that was the main reason I made this.
I mean you search of OS-tan on google, and the only relevent result is the wiki entry, and then the sites that they all had were either slowly falling apart, or a image board where the old images are dumped. And then, thats only images, and theres more then just that.

So, I made this in the hopes to collect anything and everything related to the OS-tans, so that it will become the "One-stop shop" :lol:  
Title: Current situation about the OS-tans
Post by: BloodySweet on April 24, 2005, 03:37:34 AM
 I think we must write OS-tan story and image by us to recover them back to the sky!!(Just imagination...Don't think serious.)

OH!! Sorry...I'm a new OS-tan fan too.Nice to meet you :D
Title: Current situation about the OS-tans
Post by: E_xile on April 24, 2005, 11:41:26 PM
 elo...i myself dun have much clue wat the problem is.. unpopulated or something?
Title: Current situation about the OS-tans
Post by: Noah_The_Guy on April 25, 2005, 08:14:27 PM
 I think a lot of people are looking at the OS-Tans and thinking it's some sort of comic series, and get dissapointed when they find out that it's really not =/
Title: Current situation about the OS-tans
Post by: ShinraKenshin on April 26, 2005, 01:36:21 PM
  :P Its a good thing they made the os's animated so that we can see serious things can be turned into something really interesting. If you catch my drift

( Note not refering in a hentai way )  
Title: Current situation about the OS-tans
Post by: L33t 4g3nt on April 26, 2005, 07:57:19 PM
 well...i think now, the only people who are providing even more variations to the OS-tans are fans - fan drawings and stuff - and still you can't count on fans stay on one topic or trend (ex. OS-tans) and keep churning out artwork...unlike regular artists (or possibly the creators) who are (or should be) more dedicated on their subject matter. but the problem is now, the artists are moving on, and we are left with fan artists that randomly and spontaneously create fanart every so often...

(hope i made sense...)
Title: Current situation about the OS-tans
Post by: FabianN on April 26, 2005, 11:50:32 PM
 Yea, that does make sense
Title: Current situation about the OS-tans
Post by: Koshi on April 27, 2005, 09:57:47 AM
 *waves* Hey BloodySweet xD *"new OS-tan fan" high five*

Yeeea, I'd love to write OS-tan fanfics! And/or do some OS-tan Role Playing... if anyone is interested in that, that is. If there's enough people here who'd be interested in OS-tan RP's, a new forum area for it should be made.

QuoteIts a good thing they made the os's animated so that we can see serious things can be turned into something really interesting. If you catch my drift

I've been thinking that it's about time for some more flash vids too xP They're easy enough to make, in theory, and there's now tons more OS-tan images to use, right? Personally, I want to see some of the rare-er OS-tan's featured.

QuoteI think a lot of people are looking at the OS-Tans and thinking it's some sort of comic series, and get dissapointed when they find out that it's really not =/ 

That was sort of an appeal to me, that OS-tan's are so totally fan-made, this whole interenet culture thing ^^ I don't think OS-tan would have caught my eye as dramatically if they were just another manga or anime.

And yea, L33t 4g3nt's comment does make sense too...

Ah, I have one more stupid idea xP At one point I was into Fan Listing, a bit... I think OS-tan Fan Listings would be pretty cool. One for "OS-tan"s in general, and perhaps some for the better known characters... I might get into maintaining a Fanlisting site myself, if I wasn't so flaky on my projects.

It'd probably get listed at http://www.animefanlistings.org/ instead of http://www.thefanlistings.org
Title: Current situation about the OS-tans
Post by: FabianN on April 27, 2005, 03:25:45 PM
 hmm... yea, an OS-tan RP section might be fun. I'm not much of a forum RPer, but yea, thats something I'll add sometime today/next day
Title: Current situation about the OS-tans
Post by: L33t 4g3nt on April 28, 2005, 12:13:30 AM
 ((heh...i was half occupied with HW when i made that comment so my grammar and stuff might have been off...))
Title: Current situation about the OS-tans
Post by: kenohki on June 15, 2005, 03:55:18 AM
 I think I've been a fan of the OS-tan for about two years; I remember finding out about them on Usenet.

I agree that the OS-tan phenomenon has been cooling down for a good while, especially at their birthplace, Futaba Channel, which still has OS-tan art posted at /img/ and on the oekaki boards time-to-time, particularly recently when a game was held challenging artists to draw several OS-tan the best they could without referencing other material. I still see new art coming out by both Western fans and on the Nijura imageboard, the latter of which often reposted on the English Wakachan. I still see some older comic series continuing and new comics released right now, on the English Trouble Windows at Otakubell and on Wakachan. (There are some still awaiting an accurate translation.)

I think the personality of the characters, for instance Windows 95 as a once formidable (even evil) warrior and a cocky OS with power over her "master," have been developed a little with these comics. I have also seen a shift in focus over to a sort of "following" of this meme by cosplayers; some artwork has been done recently showcasing the OS-tan being "out-done" by cosplayers. (A recent picture of a girl in an Inu-T costume comes to mind.) The Macintosh *-tan have also been receiving a bit more attention lately because of the recent Intel deal. I would also love to see lesser-known *-tan featured in comics. I think the OS-tan could even carry weight in an computer-related editorial cartoon.

Really, the OS-tan trend is just an example of an imageboard "meme" that has become so popular that it continues to this day. Being something not to take seriously, it is acceptable--even encouraged--to make your own interpretation or to totally transform the character's original design (Me-tan being practically a symbol of this, despite the original being a copyrighted creation). Really, you might even say that even the MS OS-tan are "open-source." Like Koshi said, the OS-tan are essentially fan creations in themselves. Also, you have other *-tan such as Firefox-ko, who represents a browser, and Habanero-tan, who represents habanero peppers, so the OS-tan trend has even expanded to include things that are not operating systems at all. Now that Westerners have adopted the trend, I have seen some very nice work being produced time-to-time by new fans.

In short, the OS-tan trend is far from dying; it's just slowing down and smelling the roses.
Title: Current situation about the OS-tans
Post by: L33t 4g3nt on June 21, 2005, 01:01:45 AM
 I hope so...It better speed up soon.  
Title: Current situation about the OS-tans
Post by: Zixaphir on June 22, 2005, 04:57:09 AM
 lol, I'm more of a fan of the Game System-tan rather than the actual OS-tan, which is why I like it here more than Futaba, because most Futaba seem to totally ignore Game System-tan.  I don't know, maybe there's an entirely different cult-audience out there for them, but this is reall the only place I've found where there's actually even a section for GS-tan!

I don't know... I'd draw some myself (I'm a crappy artist, but I try), but I don't have a clue how to start. . .  Maybe I'll draw DS-tan!  ^^
Title: Current situation about the OS-tans
Post by: L33t 4g3nt on June 22, 2005, 03:08:41 PM
 Game System-tan...A PSP and a PS3 tan would be cool. But since GS-tans aren't OS-tans, and currently OS-tan creation has been slowing down, we probably won't be seeing any new GS-tans very soon. Probably when Longhorn comes out, then we'll see a new boost in OS-tans.  
Title: Current situation about the OS-tans
Post by: Agelu on July 29, 2005, 01:30:27 AM
 Hi... mi first post here, yay!! :rolleyes:

Hum... well, i've been a fan of Os-tan since a year, or so... i remember seeing the page on Wikipedia, then i went to Google and searched (tried to) all i could of Os-tans... but i was surprised that i didn't found much... :mellow:

Well, i think that maybe it is softening for now... <_< , but i think (hope) that i will "awaken" again, but of course, thats mainly thanks to the GREAT sites like this one (totally loved it! :P ) that will determine how strong will be the comeback...

...or something like that...

yay, we could make more fanfics, or even a StarCraft Os-tan clan!  ^_^  That would be great...
Title: Current situation about the OS-tans
Post by: CaptBrenden on July 29, 2005, 01:10:40 PM
 Whoa star craft is still around  O_O?

Well I guess Im not one to talk, I still play Doom95
Title: Current situation about the OS-tans
Post by: XeNoS on August 11, 2005, 09:43:30 AM
 well....for me it has been hard to find such a cool forum.....and this is my first post here!....i've been looking for a site that have some ostan pics and anything regarding Os-tans!......
Title: Current situation about the OS-tans
Post by: Agelu on August 11, 2005, 06:56:00 PM
 Well then!!! Welcome aboard, XeNoS!! :thumbup:  Me and a few more are trying to get some activity on the site, which i think its GREAT.

Im hoping that this site would be much more than just an image gallery.
By the way, your avatar looks like Megaman's helmet, lol  ^_^

Yay!! I'm now an MS-DOS on the forum! Hooray! :bleh:  
Title: Current situation about the OS-tans
Post by: CaptBrenden on August 12, 2005, 12:31:14 PM
 oh yeah, im 3.1!BWAHAHAHAHAhahahahahahah hah hah ha ..... ahem.    everyone should laugh light that, its very stress releaving.
Title: Current situation about the OS-tans
Post by: L33t 4g3nt on August 12, 2005, 05:57:35 PM
 Welcome XeNoS!!! remember to participate in the forums!

or i'll pwn j00! and j00 d13

------

win98! win98 still!
Title: Current situation about the OS-tans
Post by: Darknight_88 on August 18, 2005, 05:03:54 PM
 Well, cause im a bit new to this of thing of the OS-tans (8 months already), I dont know if the phenomenon its softening. But if we want to keep the OS-tans alive, we must start doing some work...I mean, almost all the OS-tan material come from Japan, so, It would be good if we, the Americans (or Europeans, i dont know where u come from...:P) start cooperating in a more active way.


PD: sorry if u cant understand well my words...the english isnt my native language.  :unsure:
PD2: Horray!!!! Starcraft rules!!!!!
Title: Current situation about the OS-tans
Post by: L33t 4g3nt on August 20, 2005, 12:25:29 AM
  look look look look look!!!!!!!

http://www.akadotretail.com/shop/shop_show...9&client=akadot

---

is this new or something?
Title: Current situation about the OS-tans
Post by: Darknight_88 on August 20, 2005, 02:37:25 PM
 I have seen this book before (obviously, on web pages, selling...). Also, the figures arent something new (but maybe hard to find).
If i had $32.40.... -_-  
Title: Current situation about the OS-tans
Post by: Agelu on August 21, 2005, 08:26:25 PM
 Hi Darknight_88... welcome... nice to see some new faces.

I like most XP, she looks like a pop idol, but i would like to see less of these oversized breasts,  :mellow: she don't look good with "so much"...

...and yes, StarCraft owns!!!  =p

what is your native language?
BTW, u gotta work hard (on posting) to become a W95-tan... im still just a MS-DOS...
Title: Current situation about the OS-tans
Post by: Darknight_88 on August 21, 2005, 09:10:30 PM
 Thanks, Agelu
Yah, those oversized ammounts of "RAM" dont look good.
...
And my native language is...Spanish!!!! w00t!
Creo que soy el primer mexicano por aqui...ajaja

PD: yah, ill try to post regularly...but this forums seems to be quite lonely sometimes  :( . W00t W95!!!...im still DOS/V  -_-  
Title: Current situation about the OS-tans
Post by: Agelu on August 21, 2005, 09:39:27 PM
 Hey, you english is good! :)

Yeah, this kinda look lonely sometimes, but im always posting here. I love to. :thumbup:

BTW... you might be surprised but...

¡Yo soy Chileno!  :bleh:  Â¡Â¡Vaya, primera persona ke veo por aki ke habla castellano!!  :yes: . Ke bien, y ¡más encima te gusta StarCraft, Os-tans y parece ke incluso anime...!  :drool: ...no está mal, nada mal...

Sigámonos viendo por aki, ¿si?  :yes:  En una de esas podemos hacernos el primer clan Oficial de StarCraft de "Os-tan Collections"  :lol:

Nos vemos... :wave:  
Title: Current situation about the OS-tans
Post by: Darknight_88 on August 22, 2005, 08:47:33 PM
 Yay!! no crei que hubiera alguien que tmb hablara español, lol
Title: Current situation about the OS-tans
Post by: iStar on September 22, 2005, 11:43:48 PM
 ^^^eh... uno fumar, por favour? (the extent of my spanish)

Anywho (man, that looks weird when written... any who?), from my experience the OS-tan phenom should operate like any other market: supply and DEMAND! And if we demand and they don't supply, then we supply ourselves! I'd lost my inspiration 'til I found the OS-tan's. GD! They're just too cute, to not create more material. Who cares about "official" or "authentic"? Gimme pen, paint, or clay and I shall create!

Wait! based on my understanding of romance languages: Darknight said (I think) "Yay! Don't ??? that anybody else that speaks spanish, lol" ???

Agelu said: "I am Chilean! ??? the first person to ??? speaks ?castelleno?!! It's good there's someone who likes Starcraft, and anime including OS-tans...!???

And that's all I can piece together.

What's the conjugation/definition of "crei/creo"??? yo, tu, etc... (think?)
Title: Current situation about the OS-tans
Post by: Darknight_88 on September 23, 2005, 04:50:20 PM
QUOTE (iStar @ Sep 22 2005, 04:43 PM)
^^^eh... uno fumar, por favour? (the extent of my spanish)

Anywho (man, that looks weird when written... any who?), from my experience the OS-tan phenom should operate like any other market: supply and DEMAND! And if we demand and they don't supply, then we supply ourselves! I'd lost my inspiration 'til I found the OS-tan's. GD! They're just too cute, to not create more material. Who cares about "official" or "authentic"? Gimme pen, paint, or clay and I shall create!

Wait! based on my understanding of romance languages: Darknight said (I think) "Yay! Don't ??? that anybody else that speaks spanish, lol" ???

Agelu said: "I am Chilean! ??? the first person to ??? speaks ?castelleno?!! It's good there's someone who likes Starcraft, and anime including OS-tans...!???

And that's all I can piece together.

What's the conjugation/definition of "crei/creo"??? yo, tu, etc... (think?) [/quote]
Yah, I think same, if we want to keep Os-tan's alive, we have to start being part of the supply. They are too good to let them die T.T. I'd make some of mine, but: no time (school!!!i hate it!!!), not ability in Photoshop (only in the old way: pencil and paper), and more practice in my skills.
In fact, i made a redraw of an exiting 95-tan image (if anyone cares, its at the fanart section), and working in 2 more, but it'll take a lot of time to finisht them...=/

btw, isnt it too weird the thing about the fan art? I mean, Os-tans arent something official, the fans create it. So...it really exist fan art in the Os-tans?


...
XD
Y para los que quieren saber de que hablabamos Agelu y yo...
Here is the translation, if anyone cares:
Darknight said:"Yay!!!i didnt though than anyone else here speaks spanish, lol" <---yah, i know, my translation its kinda weird...the meaning: "i though i was the only one here who speaks spanish"
Agelu said: " Im chileno (from Chile)!!!wow, first person here than i see speaking spanish. Good, and you like Starcraft, Os-tans and looks like even anime...!...not bad, not bad at all
Lets keep seeing us here, ok? Maybe we can start our own Oficial clan of Starcraft from "Os-tan collections""

Conjugation:
Creí: though
Creo: think
Yo: I
Tu: you
el: him
:D
.
Title: Current situation about the OS-tans
Post by: MakoChan on September 27, 2005, 05:22:12 PM
 
QUOTE (Darknight_88 @ Sep 23 2005, 09:50 AM)
Yah, I think same, if we want to keep Os-tan's alive, we have to start being part of the supply. They are too good to let them die T.T. I'd make some of mine, but: no time (school!!!i hate it!!!), not ability in Photoshop (only in the old way: pencil and paper), and more practice in my skills. [/quote]
hay, gimme something nice looking and what I can wear and at least one will cosplay it ;) hahah +g+

but drawing is not a bad idea *takes pen and went to bed* ^^'


Mata ne
MakoChan
Title: Current situation about the OS-tans
Post by: L33t 4g3nt on September 28, 2005, 04:36:05 AM
 I can't draw... :(  
Title: Current situation about the OS-tans
Post by: Q4(V) on September 28, 2005, 10:26:31 AM
 
QUOTE (L33t 4g3nt @ Sep 27 2005, 09:36 PM)
I can't draw... :([/quote]
don't think abt wht u can't do, think abt wht u can do to help ...... er mmmhhhh  
Title: Current situation about the OS-tans
Post by: MakoChan on September 28, 2005, 01:36:59 PM
QUOTE (L33t 4g3nt @ Sep 27 2005, 09:36 PM)
I can't draw... :( [/quote]
Icant is living in the Iwont-street. ;)


Mata ne
MAkoChan
Title: Current situation about the OS-tans
Post by: CaptBrenden on September 29, 2005, 01:13:00 AM
 i can draw, i just cant think.  stupid lack of ideas
Title: Current situation about the OS-tans
Post by: Pitkin on September 29, 2005, 06:23:42 AM
 My drawing is pretty much just copying already existing works. ^^; Err... I don't think it can be called "my" drawing then...
Title: Current situation about the OS-tans
Post by: CaptBrenden on September 29, 2005, 05:57:34 PM
 hummm.... i need ideas, you guys got any?  i can draw pretty decent, the drawings tend to come out boring tho because im lousy coming up with poses or ideas
Title: Current situation about the OS-tans
Post by: NykylaiHellray on September 30, 2005, 09:29:45 AM
 Hiya I am new to the os tan craze, and i love every single bit of it ^^

I am a little bit of an artist, not excellant but okay (at the mo drawing shareaza tan)

Anyway I have some ideas how we could boast up the os tan craze.

One thing we have to do first is establish this site as the one stop like our great admin said.

So what about if we start making profiles on every known os tan and program tan.

Each profile must contain links to all images we have available, links to comics featuring the charecters (we can use troubled windows translation site for this).
Also info on each known incarnation


For example ME tan has a doppleganger known as WE tan though not much is known about her, she is more akin to wario to mario. Which is probably where the cahrcter originated.

NT tan has two known incarnations which also caused the war between futaba and da ja vu.

Etc etc

Though this needs to be a forum effort ^___^
Also admin if you need any help with webuilding, i am not bad at html and also phtoshop.


Another idea i have which is still in the ideas phase is to create a os tan rpg using the program rpg maker xp (the first official english release).
Which will involve virus monsters, and the evil apple tan (the one who always holds a bomb).


Well thats all the ideas i have for the mo ^_^


Title: Current situation about the OS-tans
Post by: L33t 4g3nt on October 01, 2005, 12:08:57 AM
 Wow, you've done your research. Impressive.

I don't know much about OS-tans, besides the basics. In the forum, I'm just the yell leader, "shouting" for people to come to the forum. :P

---

OS-tan RPG, I've never used RPG Maker, but I was almost tempted to get it. Is it any good? What's it like?
Title: Current situation about the OS-tans
Post by: NykylaiHellray on October 01, 2005, 06:58:23 AM
 Great program you get a 30 day trial but it is worth it

here is the website for program to make rpgs:
http://www.enterbrain.co.jp/tkool/RPG_XP/eng/index.html
Title: Current situation about the OS-tans
Post by: CaptBrenden on October 01, 2005, 07:25:02 PM
 humm never cared much for the rpg maker games.  If I was to make a OS Tan game, id make one of those flash dating sim ones, I need to learn a bit more about flash tho. I cant make apps coute that advanced yet
Title: Current situation about the OS-tans
Post by: Zixaphir on October 02, 2005, 10:26:23 PM
QUOTE (CaptBrenden @ Oct 1 2005, 12:25 PM)
humm never cared much for the rpg maker games.  If I was to make a OS Tan game, id make one of those flash dating sim ones, I need to learn a bit more about flash tho. I cant make apps coute that advanced yet [/quote]
Well, RPG Maker games are getting alot more flexable, especially since now if you don't like something, you can program it out with Ruby, rather than recode something from scratch in their "Tuned Down" programing language.

Oh, btw, I happen to be a... well, lets just say I used RPG Maker 2k3 awhile back and was trying stuff with it.  Not to say I'm a coder, in any way.
Title: Current situation about the OS-tans
Post by: NykylaiHellray on October 03, 2005, 12:28:16 PM
 well if you want to help me with the os tan game just pm me ^^
Title: Current situation about the OS-tans
Post by: CaptBrenden on October 03, 2005, 09:32:56 PM
 i can help with Imagry at the most
Title: Current situation about the OS-tans
Post by: bobthecreep on January 08, 2006, 01:23:42 AM
Getting back to the subject of fan art, I'm not that great an artist but I actually have drawn a couple of pictures. One of Inu-T and CE in sort of the Snoopy-sleeping-on-his-house-while-Woodstock-flies-above-eradically and one of ME and 98SE, which was based off a comic where ME sort of made a box like 98 and 98SE's. Anyway, here's one. http://www.wakachan.org/os/src/1135803806049.jpg
Title: Current situation about the OS-tans
Post by: CaptBrenden on January 09, 2006, 03:16:02 AM
says forbidden
Title: Current situation about the OS-tans
Post by: bobthecreep on January 10, 2006, 07:57:57 AM
Quote from: "CaptBrenden"says forbidden

Weird. THe pic is still there. Oh well. I'll post it later when I have more time. School. ;026
Title: Current situation about the OS-tans
Post by: Alfamille on March 05, 2006, 11:01:44 PM
Quote from: "CaptBrenden"humm never cared much for the rpg maker games.  If I was to make a OS Tan game, id make one of those flash dating sim ones, I need to learn a bit more about flash tho. I cant make apps coute that advanced yet


I suck whenever I draw. but I'm learning a little scripting on flash. Although I dont even know if I'm gonna learn it successfully.
Title: Current situation about the OS-tans
Post by: minkyhort60 on April 28, 2006, 02:37:10 AM
From the place I came from

Number of people who know what the OS tan is very small

I just figure out what they are and very impress me so I like them

If you guys find hte way It may boosst up again
Title: Current situation about the OS-tans
Post by: Alfamille on April 28, 2006, 03:21:44 AM
How bout someone would do a lot of fanfictions on Fanfiction.net

but i think a flash game would be very effective (especially a dating game).

But right now, all we can do is spread this things around the people you knew...